As special counsel Robert Mueller builds his case, relatives of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn are among those pressing the president to use his unique legal power and ‘put these defendants out of their misery.’

POLITICO’s In the loop podcast gives you a roundup of the week that has been and those events that will spark the debate in the weeks to come. Today James Panichi speaks to POLITICO’s Florian Eder, managing editor, and Tara Palmeri, reporter. EU leaders met on Thursday 23 April at a special European Council summit in Brussels, initiated by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, to address the refugee problem in the Mediterranean. What was the summit’s outcome?